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HUGHEY, Edward D Jr - Date of
birth
16 December 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Texas -
Hometown
Navasota, Grimes County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-677748 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of the Frisian Islands, North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Edward D. Hughey (father)
Pearl S. (Glass) Hughey (mother)
Nelson Hughey (brother)
Eardon Hughey (brother)
Mina R. Hughey (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-28609 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Osnabrück, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 2442
More information
Lt. Hughey grew up helping his father on a farm outside of Navasota, Texas and at times also worked as a carpenter. He attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) with the Class of 1941, majoring in petroleum engineering.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Houston, Texas on 10 April 1942.
The airplane was shot down on the return flight at approximately 5:00 PM by Hauptmann Peter Jenne of JG 26/I and exploded in mid-air.
Two crew members managed to bail out and were taken prisoner; eight were killed. Seven are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten, Sgt Homer C. Risner is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial at Cambridge, England.
He is also remembered at the family plot in Navasota’s Oakland Cemetery. In addition, he is memorialized in the Memorial Student Center on the Campus of Texas A&M University.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans,Texas A&M University Archives Files of the Association of Former Students, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees